if it runs, drive it til it doesn't - the absolute reading isn't as important as the 25# spread between the highest and lowest, the manuals states that with more than 5-10# difference the engine cannot be tuned properly, I'd consider the engine thrashed

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics